Aaron Nimzowitsch

Even the laziest King flees wildly in the face of a double check!

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown199"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "3rr1k1/pp2pp1p/q1p3p1/4PPQ1/1P1p4/P6P/2P3P1/1R3R1K w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Qh6 ( { White can try: } 1. f6 exf6 2. exf6 Kh8 3. Qh6 Rg8 4. Rf4 g5 5. Re4 Qc4 6. Rbe1 Qxc2 7. Re8 Rdxe8 8. Rxe8 Qg6 9. Qxg6 hxg6 { Black wins with a
large material advantage. } ) 1... gxf5 ( { Black can try: } 1... c5 2. b5 Qb6 3. f6 exf6 4. exf6 Qxf6 5. Rxf6 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 2. Rxf5 f6 3. exf6 exf6 4. Qxf6 Rd5 5. Qf7+ Kh8 6. Qxe8+ Kg7 7. Qf8+ Kg6 8. Qf6# 1-0